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The anticoagulant function of coagulation factor V.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Jan 2012
Cramer Thomas J, Gale Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Almost two decades ago an anticoagulant function of factor V (FV) was discovered, as an anticoagulant cofactor for activated protein C (APC). A natural mutant of FV in which the R506 inactivation site was mutated to Gln (FV(Leiden)) was inactivated slower by APC, but also could not function as anticoagulant cofactor for APC in the inactivation of activated factor VIII (FVIIIa). This mutation is prevalent in...
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